Where does “スマトラトラ” come from?

スマトラトラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 虎 — a tiger.

スマトラトラ (Japanese): a Sumatran tiger

Definitions

  1. a Sumatran tiger

Ancestry of “スマトラトラ”, step by step

スマトラトラ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 虎

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese虎a tiger

via Japanese スマトラ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseスマトラ—
Every word from Japanese 虎 →